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UNINA9910156176903321 |
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Titolo |
Winston Churchill : politics, strategy and statecraft / / edited by Richard Toye |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; New York : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2017 |
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ISBN |
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1-4742-6388-7 |
1-4742-6387-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (249 pages) |
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Classificazione |
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HIS015000HIS037070HIS027000 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Prime ministers - Great Britain |
Great Britain Politics and government 20th century |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. Introduction -- 2. Churchill: The Young Statesman, 1901-1914 -- 3. Winston Churchill as First Lord of the Admiralty, 23 October 1911 - 24 May 1915 -- 4. Churchill as Chancellor of the Exchequer (1924-9) and the Return to the Gold Standard -- 5. Churchill and Labour -- 6. Churchill and the General Strike, 1926 -- 7. Churchill and Women -- 8. Churchill and Empire -- 9. Churchill and the Islamic -- 10. Churchill and Airpower -- 11. Churchill as Strategist in World War Two -- 12. The Birth of the Anglo-American 'Special Relationship' -- 13. Churchill and Nuclear Weapons -- 14. Winston Churchill and the Cold War -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"A collection of short, accessible chapters on the key aspects of Winston Churchill's military and political career and his impact on 20th-century history."-- |
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